Find out how to grow vegetables at home in Australia….or at least some of them anyway. I share my tips on vegetables and fruits I’ve grown at home along with easy to cook recipes with the fruits of my labour!

There’s nothing like the satisfaction of eating your own homegrown fruit and veg. They not only taste fantastic, but you decide what goes into growing them, from organic fertilizers and chemical free pest control. We’ve got some tips and helpful guides here.

Growing your own Vegetables and Fruits at home will save you money, time and may help you cook and eat fresher healthier recipes at home. I’ve got all the tips here from how to get started growing vegetables and fruits at home, caring for your plants to harvest and followed by some simple easy to cook delicious recipes, using those ingredients.

If you have an abundance of leftover produce, and I’m sure you will, I’ll have some tips on how to store them along with simple and delicious preserves. As an Example I’ve shown you how to grow cucumbers and dill for pickles. Its a great guide on growing the Fresh Dill herbs, Crisp cucumbers in your backyard, followed by the complete rundown on making delicious Homemade Sweet and sour pickles Or Bread and butter pickles if you prefer to call them that. Its all there in the same blog post called “How to grow Dill and Cucumbers for Sweet and sour pickles”.

Or if Citrus is your thing try planting a Lemon Or Orange tree. My guide on How to grow citrus at home will get you started with choosing a variety of citrus suited to you, along with some helpful planting and plant care tips. When harvest time comes around and you’ve buckets of lemons, try making my lemon cordial . Its so delicious you’ll never buy store bought cordial again. You can probably modify it yourself to make orange or lime cordial or the classic fruit punch cordial.

If you subscribe to chookscaps.com blog you’ll be kept up to date with all my new citrus based recipes, like a classic lemon cheesecake, which is absolutely easy to make with a packet of sweet biscuits, some eggs and lemons you grew, ricotta or cream cheese and butter. Watch my easy cook recipe page and blog posts for more.